Subversive zombie : social protest and gender in undead cinema and television /

"Historically, zombies have been portrayed in films and television series as mindless, shuffling monsters. In recent years, this has changed dramatically. Focusing on classic and current movies and TV shows, the author reveals how the once-subversive modern zombie, now more popular than ever, h...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Aiossa, Elizabeth (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]
Colección:Contributions to zombie studies.
Temas:
Zombie films > History and criticism.
Zombie television programs > History and criticism.
Zombies in motion pictures.
Zombies in popular culture.
Films de zombies > Histoire et critique.
Émissions de zombies télévisées > Histoire et critique.
Zombies au cinéma.
Zombies dans la culture populaire.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
Zombie films
Zombie television programs
Zombies in motion pictures
Zombies in popular culture
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface : dawn of a zombie scholar
  • Introduction : the shifting culture of the modern zombie
  • Romero and the modern American zombie
  • The evolution of women in Romero's Dead Series
  • Of monsters and men : flipping the script on masculinity and monstrosity
  • For the love of zombies : the return of heteronormativity in zombie works
  • Heteronomrative heroics in AMC's The Walking Dead
  • Zombie women take the lead
  • Embodying the zombie In the Flesh
  • Conclusion : zombies past and future!

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